Quintilians Grammatik ("Inst. orat." 1,4-8)

The outline of grammar in the work of Quintilian's The Orator's Education (1,4-8) is the earliest and at the same time most reliable presentation of the Roman ars grammatica. This new edition seeks to provide a completely new access to this document of the history of linguistics which is written in such a subtle and elegant style. The edition contains a revised Latin text, a new translation by the editor and an extensive commentary and aims to assign a new position in the history of Roman grammar to this work.